Coast Guard: Challenges for Addressing Budget Constraints

Abstract

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the fiscal constraints that the Coast Guard is facing and the efforts that it is making to adjust to constrained budgets, focusing on: (1) the extent of the gap between the funding needed to maintain the Coast Guard's current level of services and the funding that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has targeted for the agency through fiscal year (FY) 2002; (2) the Coast Guard's strategy for addressing this gap, and whether the strategy is adequate; and (3) what additional actions, if any, would help close the gap. GAO did not verify the accuracy of or attempt to validate the Coast Guard's estimates for future acquisition needs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1997
Accession Number
AD1153760

Entities

People

  • John H. Jr Anderson

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Coast Guard
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Cost Reductions
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Environmental Protection
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Personnel
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Search And Rescue
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security